Panel 2:

Smarter SOA

Chair:

Tony Shan, Executive Technology Strategist, IBM, USA

Panelists:

Jia Zhang, Northern Illinois University, USA

Theme:

The purpose of this panel is to present a broad range of best practices of SOA strategization and operationalization in the use of web services in real-world SOA implementations. The focus will be on the common challenges and issues encountered in SOA projects. Topics include, but are not limited to, tenets, methodology, architecture, service management, standards, tools, process, organization, governance, security, and quality of services. Practitioner’s guides and anti-patterns as well as trends will be discussed in the context. Real-life pragmatic solutions to business problems will be exemplified and illustrated in case studies.